Books and Records

This is the sweep document request letter sent to advisers in the summer of 2024

Less than 2% of survey respondents permit the use of personal e-mail for business communications

Nearly two-thirds of survey respondents flagged off-channel communications as their top compliance concern

The enforcement settlements have been so eye-popping, making it impossible for firms to ignore that staff may be using non-approved communications devices for work. So ...

This is the Advisers Act's books and records rule

A CCO tells of recently discovering that an online tool also can produce automatic transcriptions of meetings, and send the paperwork directly to your e-mail

Firms must e-mail the DOL by Sept. 15th at QPAM@dol.gov, including “the legal name of the entity and any name the QPAM may be operating ...

New FINRA case adds the new twist of charges against both the firm and a specific person

Heed the lessons of the SEC’s latest off-channel communications enforcement action against an adviser and you may well sidestep a similar fate

"As with the recordkeeping cases and, frankly, all our cases, we consider whether a firm self-reported and cooperated with our investigation"